Comparison

Home Assistant vs Prayed

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Home Assistant

Control your entire smart home from one app, locally and privately. Automate devices, receive notifications, and manage your home's data securely. Integrates with thousands of smart devices and open standards.

Highlights
  • Control entire home from one app
  • Discover and configure new devices
  • Automate device actions
  • Local data privacy
  • Connect to open standards (Z-Wave, Zigbee, Matter)
  • Remote access via Home Assistant Cloud
  • Location-based automation
Features
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The Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability. It runs locally in your home via a device like the Home Assistant Green or Raspberry Pi. This app connects to all the most powerful features of Home Assistant, - One app to control the whole home - Home Assistant is compatible with the biggest brands in the smart home, connecting to thousands of smart devices and services. - Discover automatically and quickly configure new devices - such as Philips Hue, Sonos, and IKEA Tradfri. - Automate everything - Make all the devices in your home work in harmony - have your lights dim when you start watching a movie, or turn off your heat when you’re away from home. - Keep your home’s data in the home - use it privately to see past trends and averages. - Connect to open standards with hardware add-ons - including Z-Wave, Zigbee, Matter, Thread, and Bluetooth. - Connect anywhere - If you would like to access this app while away from home, the most secure and simple way to get started is Home Assistant Cloud. The app unlocks your smartphone or tablet as a home automation tool. - Securely share your location, using it to automate heating, security, and so much more. - Get notifications on what's happening in your home, from detecting leaks to doors left open, you have full control over what it tells you. - Carplay functionality lets you open a garage or disable the security system from the dash of your car. - Build your own widgets to control any device in your home with a tap. - Integrate Home Assistant's functionality into Shortcuts, for example have your phone’s morning alarm turn on the coffee machine. - Apple Watch compatibility can show your home's temperature on a watch face or quickly activate devices. - Text or talk to your local voice assistant on your device. - Mac compatibility allows you to control your home from your desktop, but also to share data to build automation, like having your streaming lights turn on when your camera is active. Join the over 1 million users and empower your home with better privacy, choice and sustainability. Compatible with: Airthings, Amazon Alexa, Amcrest, Apple HomeKit, Apple TV, ASUSWRT, August, Belink WeMo, Bluetooth, Bose SoundTouch, Broadlink, BTHome, deCONZ, Denon, Devolo, DLNA, Ecobee, Ecovacs, Ecowitt, Elgato, EZVIZ, Fritz, Fully Kiosk, GoodWe, Govee, Growatt, Hikvision, Hive, Home Connect, Homematic, HomeWizard, Honeywell, iCloud, IFTTT, IKEA Tradfri, Insteon, Jellyfin, LG Smart TVs, LIFX, Logitech Harmony, Lutron Caseta, Magic Home, Matter, MotionEye, MQTT, MusicCast, Nanoleaf, Netatmo, Nuki, OctoPrint, ONVIF, Opower, Overkiz, OwnTracks, Panasonic Viera, Philips Hue, Pi-hole, Plex, Reolink, Ring, Roborock, Roku, Samsung TVs, Sense, Sensiba, Shelly, SmartThings, SolarEdge, Sonarr, Sonos, Sony Bravia, Spotify, Steam, SwitchBot, Synology, Tado, Tasmota, Tesla Wall, Thread, Tile, TP-Link Smart Home, Tuya, UniFi, UPnP, Verisure, Vizio, Wallbox, WebRTC, WiZ, WLED, Xbox, Xiaomi BLE, Yale, Yeelight, YoLink, Z-Wave, Zigbe

About

Prayed

This app helps you track your prayers and see their outcomes. It matches scripture to your prayer requests and reminds you to revisit them over time. Your prayers are private and stay on your device.

Highlights
  • Private prayer journaling
  • Scripture matching
  • Customizable prayer reminders
  • Prayer status tracking (open, ongoing, answered)
  • Personalized timelines
  • Data export (PDF, Markdown)
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Prayed is a private prayer journal that remembers. Write what you're praying for. Prayed matches scripture to your words right on your phone, then brings the prayer back to you at three days, a week, a month, a year, so you see what you asked for and what came of it. Mark each one open, ongoing, answered, or released. The answered ones build into a timeline you'll want to scroll through on a hard day. YOUR PRAYERS NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE There is no Prayed server and no account. Everything you write stays on your device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. Nothing you write is ever collected, and there is no tracking. Face ID lock is on by default. SCRIPTURE, MATCHED ON YOUR PHONE After you save a prayer, Prayed finds three verses that speak to what you wrote, using the full text of the World English Bible or the King James Version. It runs entirely on the device and works in airplane mode. A MEMORY WITH A LADDER Prayed brings prayers back at 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years. A daily Remember card and a weekly review of everything still open keep you from losing track of what you've carried. EVERYONE YOU PRAY FOR, ON ONE TIMELINE Tag a person or a thing, and every prayer for them gathers in one place, from the first ask to the answer. Choose how often each one comes back: every day, every week, every month, or Prayed's own rhythm. BRING IT BACK ON THE DAY THAT MATTERS Pin a prayer to a surgery day or an anniversary, once or every month or year. It leads Today that morning, with a quiet notification that names only who it's for. YOUR MONTH AND YOUR YEAR, ON PAPER What you wrote, who it was for, and what was answered. A card on Today when a month or a year closes, and a share image that holds only the numbers and first names, never the words. ALSO • Backdate any prayer, so history you already have starts coming back right away • Import plain text or Day One journals; export everything as PDF or Markdown • Deeper reflection: a short written reflection on any prayer, written on your phone by Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro and later) • Widgets for a daily verse, a prayer to revisit, your streak with one tap to mark it prayed, and your open-prayer count (the count is free) • Prayed on Apple Watch: today's prayer on your wrist, mark it prayed or answered, dictate a new one • Siri and Shortcuts: "Add a prayer in Prayed." Siri never reads a prayer aloud, and stays quiet while the journal is locked • Four paper stocks: Cream, Linen, Parchment, and true-black Night • Quiet streaks with no shaming, ever • Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support FREE AND PRAYED PLUS Writing is free forever, with no cap on prayers. The free plan brings back the last 30 days, includes three scripture matches, and follows three subjects. Prayed Plus remembers your whole history, matches every prayer, follows unlimited subjects, reviews every month and year in full, writes reflections on a prayer or on your year, lets you choose your paper, and adds widgets, import, and export. Prayed Plus is $34.99 per year or $5.99 per month, each with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cooperindustries.cc/prayed/

Screenshots

Home Assistant4 screens
Prayed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home Assistant at none against Prayed's 2. Home Assistant also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). Prayed's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prayed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Home Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prayed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Assistant has 4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, Prayed every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Home Assistant versus Prayed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome AssistantPrayed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNabu Casa, IncCAMERON WILLIAM COOPER

Customer experience

Home Assistant

All ratings3,967 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%

Prayed

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Home Assistant

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Prayed

Subscriptions2
  • Prayed Plus Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Prayed Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Home Assistant free?
Home Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prayed free?
Prayed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Home Assistant or Prayed?
Prayed is rated higher. Home Assistant averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Prayed averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Home Assistant or Prayed have ads?
Neither Home Assistant nor Prayed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Assistant or Prayed?
Home Assistant ships an update every 10 days, and Prayed every 2 days. Most recently, Home Assistant was updated on October 15, 2026 and Prayed on October 7, 2026.

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